Lapeña to relieve port execs failing to meet February target

MANILA, Philippines — Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Isidro Lapeña on Monday said he is ready to relieve port personnel including District Collectors, who will not be able to meet their collection target this month.

In a memorandum dated Feb. 6, the BOC chief noted that aside from District Collectors, deputy collectors for assessment, chief of Formal Entry Division, examiners, appraisers and all personnel in charge of assessment will also be relieved if they fail to meet the revenue target.

With this, Lapena clarified that the relief will take effect on March after the collection period in February.

“Since I have just assigned some new collectors this January, we will base the relief on their February collection performance,” he said in a statement.

On the other hand, preliminary data of its Financial Service show that the bureau collected PHP40.798 billion in the first month of the year against the PHP46.394 billion target.

Despite falling short by 12 percent from its January collection target, Lapeña is optimistic that they will reach the 2018 collection target of PHP598 billion.

Meanwhile, the BOC chief awarded 12 of the 17 BOC district collectors for meeting their revenue target based on preliminary figures during the Monday’s flag raising ceremony.